Straight-Line and Units-of-Production Methods

Assume that Sample Company purchased factory equipment on January 1, 2016, for $30,000. The equipment has an estimated life of five years and an estimated residual value of $3,000. Sample's accountant is considering whether to use the straight-line or the units-of-production method to depreciate the asset. Because the company is beginning a new production process, the equipment will be used to produce 10,000 units in 2016, but production subsequent to 2016 will increase by 10,000 units each year.

Required:

1. Calculate the depreciation expense, accumulated depreciation, and book value of the equipment under both methods for each of the five years of its life. Enter all amounts as positive values.

Straight-line method:

	Annual	Accumulated	Book
Year	Depreciation	Depreciation	Value
2016	$	$	$
2017
2018
2019
2020

Units-of-production method:

	Annual	Accumulated	Book
Year	Depreciation	Depreciation	Value
2016	$	$	$
2017
2018
2019
2020

2. In this exercise, The units of production method results in a depreciation pattern opposite to which depreciation method?